The Export-Import Bank of China has suspended some debt payments from poor countries under the G20’s DSSI scheme. Photo: Imaginechina
The Export-Import Bank of China has suspended some debt payments from poor countries under the G20’s DSSI scheme. Photo: Imaginechina
China /  Diplomacy

Coronavirus: China suspends US$2.1 billion in debt service for poor nations

  • Beijing says official bilateral lender and a commercial creditor offer relief to help debtors weather the pandemic
  • Beneficiaries not specified but Zambia and Angola have recently received debt service payment relief in line with a G20 initiative

Jevans Nyabiage

Updated: 11:28pm, 21 Nov, 2020

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The Export-Import Bank of China has suspended some debt payments from poor countries under the G20’s DSSI scheme. Photo: Imaginechina
The Export-Import Bank of China has suspended some debt payments from poor countries under the G20’s DSSI scheme. Photo: Imaginechina
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